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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. These include transportation and material moving, warehouse and fulfillment center workers , truck drivers, call center agents, delivery services, and manufacturing workers. Today’s challenges require informed decision-making.

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Lean Logistics: Improving Efficiency in the Supply Chain

Unleashed

This approach to supply chain management is a child of Lean Thinking – a business methodology that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. Ideal product flow efficiency is achieved by optimising inventory control , minimising supply chain interruptions, and eliminating downtime. But what does that mean when it comes to tangible results?

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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

These changes can be categorized into various types, including shifts in supply and demand patterns, geopolitical developments, environmental concerns, advancements in information technology, and talent shortages. Advancements in Information Technology (IT) have also brought about significant changes in supply chain management.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 16-20, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Japan to subsidize pickup lockers to reduce parcel deliveries (Nikkei Asian Review). Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers (The Japan Times). It leverages both existing inventory location technologies and new technologies via the Internet of Things. Here in the U.S.,

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How the Supply Chain Can Thrive in the Face of Natural Disasters

Material Handling & Logistics

For example, the catastrophic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami a few years ago resulted in a massive US$210 billion in costs for Japan. Unable to import or export needed parts, Toyota, GM and Nissan all closed down their facilities temporarily in Japan and the United States. Taking Stock.

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Toyota and USPS See Opportunities for Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

Imagine a bitcoin being a unit of inventory and a digital wallet (“bitcoin address”) being an inventory-keeping location, such as a store, distribution center, or truck trailer. A supply chain blockchain application, therefore, could be used to record the balances and transfers of inventory across a distributed supply chain network.

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Internet of Things (IoT) in the supply chain – a jolt of creativity required?

DELMIA Quintiq

Given that it took place in Japan, I imagined quite an animated discussion around making another leap in the manufacturing of things. From the presentations, it was clear that the investment in IoT hardware, from raw material tags, inventory tags, to equipment sensors – is increasing. When devices talk, listen – and act.